When Katie got up the next morning, Luke was already gone. He had left a note on the table saying thanks. There was no need for him to tell her where he was, it was obvious that he had gone back to the hospital to be with Reid. She showered and dressed before heading to Al's to pick up some breakfast. She wasn't sure if Luke had eaten yet so she grabbed extra and then some coffee from Java before making her way back to the hospital herself.

Luke walked into Reid's room to find Casey sleeping in the same chair that Luke had been occupying as of late. He walked over to his friend and shook his shoulder. Casey jerked awake and it took him a minute to realize he was in Reid's hospital room and had fallen asleep in a chair. He then looked up at Luke and smiled before yawning.

"You look a little better now." Casey stood and stretched before turning to his friend, "How are you feeling?"

"Still tired and a little sore from Katie's couch." Luke rubbed at the back of his neck.

"Nothing changed last night. Sorry, man."

Luke didn't say anything, he just sat down in the chair. Casey walked around to the end of the bed as Katie knocked and walked in. She was carrying the food from Al's and coffee for the three of them.

"You better eat this time, I know you have not been eating much lately." Katie warned Luke, as she set out the food, "Casey, there is enough for you too."

"What about you?" Luke asked, taking one of the coffees.

"I ate on my way here." Katie replied, taking her own coffee, "Casey, make sure he eats, I'm going to see Chris now."

"I will." Casey nodded as Katie left.

Luke grabbed a container of blueberry pancakes and grabbed one to tear into pieces and started eating it. Casey watched him as he pulled a second chair up to Luke's and pulled a pancake out for himself to eat.

"Stop staring at me please." Luke mumbled

"Sorry, dude." Casey looked at Reid before turning back to Luke, "I probably shouldn't be bringing this up like this but Noah's been asking about you."

"Really?" Luke turned to look at Casey.

Casey nodded, "Whenever he's at the apartment with Alison, he asks her or if I'm there, he asks."

"About what?"

"Just how you've been. You know he's leaving for LA at the end of the month."

Luke nodded, "He asked me to go with him the day of the accident."

"He asked you, knowing you were with Doctor O?"

Luke nodded again, "He said he wanted to give us another try but I told him we could only be friends because we were not right for each other and that I am in love with Reid."

"Does Reid know this?"

"Yes. He even said he loved me before he headed to Bay City."

"Wow," Casey looked at Reid, still unconscious on the bed, "Didn't think the doctor was one to declare his love for anyone or anything... unless it was for neurosurgery."

"Neither did I," Luke chuckled, "It came as a surprise when he said it. I almost thought I had heard him wrong."

"Does Reid know you love him? I mean, you said you had told Noah, but did you tell the doc?"

"I told him that I couldn't believe I had told Noah that I was in love with Reid." Luke replied, finishing the pancake, "I mean, my exact words to Reid were 'I can't believe I told Noah I was in love with you.'"

Casey snorted, "So when he declared his love, you said nothing?"

"Pretty much." Luke nodded, taking a sip of his hot cup of coffee, "I've been kicking myself for not saying it to him after he had said it, before he left. For all I know, he started thinking that I'm not really in love with him because I never said it back, or completely to him." Luke turned to Casey, "I told Noah before I told Reid, it was stupid but Noah was asking me if I knew what my feelings were for Reid and it had suddenly hit me that I was in love with him."

"Yeah, it was stupid, but I don't see Reid thinking you don't love him just because you told Noah first and didn't say it back. Like you said, you were shocked that he had even said those words to you."

Luke nodded, knowing that his friend was right. They sat in silence for only a few minutes before there was another knock on the door and Alison Stewart walked into the room.

"Morning." She smiled at the two of them.

"Just finish?" Casey asked, standing to give her a quick kiss.

"Yeah," Alison nodded and turned to Luke, "Casey told me Katie dragged you home last night for some sleep so he stayed here."

"Yeah, thanks again for that Casey."

"No problem. Listen, you're going to be okay right?"

"Of course." Luke nodded, "You two head home. I'll see you both later."

"Bye." Alison and Casey said in together before leaving the room.

As soon as the door closed behind them, Luke was left alone with his unconscious boyfriend and sounds of the machines working, hooked up to the doctor. Luke slumped in the chair a little, holding his coffee with both hands and resting the back of his head on the chair, he closed his eyes.